The Funding Engine for Christian ministries

I'll Find at Least $25,000 Hiding in Your Partner File and Put an AI Employee to Work Bringing It In... or Your Money Back

First I find exactly where the money is. Then I build AI employees that work 24/7 to bring it in. Live in about two weeks, from $2,500.

That's my AI front desk. It books you a time with me.

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Joshua Boswell, founder of Strahes Consulting

Trusted by

  • St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
  • Scouting America
  • Easterseals
  • Goodwill
  • Catholic Relief Services
  • ChildFund
  • Hydrocephalus Association
  • Sony
  • Microsoft

Your partners want to keep giving. Some gifts just need a follow-up.

Declined monthly gifts. Unpaid pledges. Lapsed partners. I've been hired to consult with over 317 organizations, from St. Jude to Sony Media. Every single one had uncollected money, and needed three things to get it.

  1. Discovery to find the money.
  2. A plan to go get it.
  3. The systems and manpower to get it done.

But most leaders are too busy to pin down #1 and #2. So they bolt AI onto #3... and get mediocre results faster, for more money.

We find the money, make the plan, then deploy ASIEs to get it done.

What's inside your Funding Engine

  • Your Funding Roadmap. We identify your top 3 untapped funding opportunities, ranked by what each one is worth.
  • 80/20 System Design. A step-by-step plan to go get that money, built around how your ministry really runs.
  • ASIE Built and Deployed. We don't just consult. We deliver your AI system and all the training needed.

25 years of finding money others missed

Found in their marketing and operations.

  • St. Jude

    $22 to $34

    Average gift.

  • TechnicalLead

    $20K to $300K+

    Monthly revenue, after a 90% drop. We rebuilt the pricing and the offer.

  • Collectorz

    $3M to $15M

    In 24 months.

  • Corel

    $24M campaign

    With a 29.4% buy rate.

"They got to the root of problems we didn't even know we had."
Conrad Feagin, CEO, TechnicalLead
"Joshua... immediately tripled his client's business in less than three months."
Perry Marshall, author of 80/20 Sales and Marketing
"I wish we could hire you as one of our national sales guys. The way you word stuff, and the results we're getting, is just incredible... some of the best I've seen."
Gordon Braun, Toshiba

What's an ASIE?

Autonomous Super Intelligent Employee

An AI employee that does one job well, 24/7. Like...

  • A monthly-giving rep who calls about every declined gift.
  • A thank-you writer who thanks every first-time giver.
  • A win-back rep who calls partners who stopped giving.

Dozens more to choose from

Hear one at work

Call (832) 430-6855 right now

That's my AI front desk. It books you a time with me.

How it works

Your Funding Engine, up and running in about two weeks.

  1. Discovery.

    You, me and your key people walk through how the ministry really runs and dig into your real numbers.

  2. Deep 80/20 planning.

    We focus on fundraising and operations, find high-leverage ways to capture untapped funding, and map it out in your Funding Roadmap.

  3. Build and launch.

    We build and deploy your first ASIE so you see results right away.

What I need from you

  • Between 30 minutes and 3 hours of your time in all. That's an interview, usually 30 to 45 minutes, and a walkthrough of your Roadmap when it's ready.
  • Short conversations with a few of your key people, like your development director, partner care lead or whoever processes gifts, only where they help.
  • Access to the ministry's records, like your donor database and giving history, monthly partner and declined-gift reports, pledge records, receipts, your partner care scripts and your financial records. Read-only wherever we can. A non-disclosure agreement keeps all of it confidential.
  • Nobody on your staff or volunteer team has to build or maintain anything.

Pick your Funding Engine

Every option includes your Funding Roadmap and the build. Your Funding Roadmap decides where each ASIE works.

  • 1 ASIE

    $2,500

    On your #1 opportunity.

    • Discovery with you and your key people
    • Your Funding Roadmap, your top 3 opportunities ranked by what each one is worth
    • 80/20 System Design built around how your organization runs
    • 1 ASIE built and deployed on your #1 opportunity, with all the training needed
    • Backed by the 10x promise

    $1,250 to start

    $1,250 on delivery

  • 2 ASIEs

    $5,000

    On your top two opportunities.

    • Discovery with you and your key people
    • Your Funding Roadmap, your top 3 opportunities ranked by what each one is worth
    • 80/20 System Design built around how your organization runs
    • 2 ASIEs built and deployed on your top two opportunities, with all the training needed
    • Backed by the 10x promise

    $2,500 to start

    $2,500 on delivery

  • 3 ASIEs

    $7,500

    Biggest jump, shortest time.

    • Discovery with you and your key people
    • Your Funding Roadmap, your top 3 opportunities ranked by what each one is worth
    • 80/20 System Design built around how your organization runs
    • 3 ASIEs built and deployed on your top three opportunities, with all the training needed
    • Backed by the 10x promise

    $3,750 to start

    $3,750 on delivery

Your fee carries forward. Add more ASIEs within 60 days of your Roadmap and every dollar you paid counts toward them.

Hosting runs about $100 to $500 a month after delivery.

Terms. Start with a 50% deposit, refunded if we miss 10x. The other half is due on delivery. Pay by card here, or email hello@strahes.com to pay by ACH or invoice.

Not sure how many you need, or want your board's okay first? That's normal. You can start with one, and if your Roadmap shows more, your fee carries forward.

Call (832) 430-6855. My AI front desk will work through it with you and book you a time with me.

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My promise to you

If we don't find 10x your Funding Engine fee in untapped funding opportunities, you get every dollar back.

You pay half to start. You approve the 10x at your Roadmap readout, before we build anything.

On a $2,500 Funding Engine, if we don't find at least $25,000, we refund your deposit and the Roadmap is yours.

Every dollar we count names the process it comes from and ties to a number from your own books. Nothing gets counted twice. You and I sign off on the total together.

Claim 1 of 10 spots before December 31.

Your Funding Engine, live in about two weeks. From $2,500.

Start with a 50% deposit. Refunded if we miss 10x.

What happens when I build the employee

These four are businesses, not ministries, and every number here is from a real client. What carries over is the work itself... one job, done every day, so no partner waits on someone remembering.

CopywriterMarketer

37,000 students

Mentored on their own custom learning paths by one AI system I built.

BrickROI

40 days

From zero to built, branded and selling.

"Another team burned six months and $57,500 of mine with nothing to show for it. Joshua had my whole platform built, branded, and selling in under 40 days. He doesn't just write code, he understood my business and built exactly what it needed."
Founder, BrickROI

AI Beauty Consulting

10 hours to 30 minutes

For every client assessment, with no drop in quality.

"Every client assessment ate more than ten hours, and I was the only one who could do them. Joshua built me an AI system that runs the whole thing in my own voice, and now it takes about thirty minutes with no drop in quality. He handed me back my business."
Susan Kuse, Founder, AI Beauty Consulting

TabulaWorks

1 system

Runs an entire company's daily operations.

"Joshua engineered the AI operating system that runs TabulaWorks. The daily operations and follow-up that used to eat our team's evenings are all carried by the system now. It runs without us, and it's why we can serve the clients we do. He understands the business as well as the engineering, which is almost impossible to find."
John Hare, Co-Founder, TabulaWorks

The work hasn't changed. I find the money.

What's new is that I can now build the employee that goes and gets it.

Is this a fit for your ministry?

This is a fit if...

  • You lead the ministry, or you run its partner giving and can say yes to a project this size.
  • Partners already carry your work, many of them monthly, and you know it could be more fully funded.
  • Gifts slip through the gaps... declined monthly gifts nobody restarts, banquet and on-air pledges nobody follows up on, first gifts that never become a second, partners who stop giving and nobody notices.
  • You want it found and fixed in weeks, not studied for months.
  • You'd rather fix one thing well than buy another tool.
  • Your people are stretched thin, and you want them free for the partner conversations only they can have.

It's not a fit if...

  • You want a quick software recommendation. I'll happily point you to one.
  • You'd rather nobody looked at the giving numbers. That's fair. This needs them.
  • You want AI for its own sake, not for the ministry.
  • You want AI to stand in for the people who care for your partners. It won't, and I won't build it to.

Questions and answers

What exactly do I get?

Your Funding Roadmap, with your top 3 untapped funding opportunities ranked by what each one is worth. An 80/20 System Design built around how your ministry really runs. And your ASIEs built and deployed, with all the training needed. One, two or three, depending on the option you pick.

Will an AI be talking to our partners?

Only where you want it to, and only in words you approve. Many of the most useful ASIEs never speak to a partner at all... they key in every gift, send every receipt and year-end statement on time, and flag the partner who's drifting so someone on your team can call. Where one does reach out, it speaks in your ministry's voice, it says it's an AI assistant, and you approve every script and letter before a single partner hears it. Anyone who asks for a person gets one. A prayer request, a loss or a hard season goes straight to your team. Your major donors stay with you. An ASIE never takes the place of the people your partners know. It makes sure nobody gets missed.

Have you worked with organizations like ours?

I've worked with organizations that live on giving, like St. Jude, Catholic Relief Services and ChildFund. At St. Jude, the average gift went from $22 to $34. My craft is direct response, the same craft behind the appeal letters your partners already open. And I know a partner isn't a customer. A partner said yes to the work, and should be thanked and cared for that way. Every ASIE I build for a ministry starts there.

How do I take this to my board?

Show them how the promise works. You start with a 50% deposit. At your Roadmap readout you see every dollar we count, and each one ties to a number from your own books. Usually it's giving already sitting in your records... monthly gifts that declined and never restarted, partners nobody asked back, pledges nobody followed up on. You approve the 10x before anything is built. If we can't show at least 10x your fee, we refund your deposit and the Roadmap is yours. Bring your board chair or treasurer to the readout if you like. Your board can check it line by line. And if your finance office would rather pay by ACH or invoice, we're happy to work that way.

We already have an agency and a donor database. Does this replace them?

No. Keep them. I've spent 25 years in direct response, so I know what a good agency does. Your agency brings in the gift. The gifts I look for usually slip away after that... the declined card, the unpaid pledge, the first gift nobody followed up on. In Discovery we look at the systems you already run, even if it's a spreadsheet. Your Roadmap shows where each ASIE works alongside them, and you approve it before anything is built.

It's year-end. Shouldn't this wait until January?

Year-end may be the best time to start. It's when many new partners give for the first time, and a first gift with no thank-you and no second touch often isn't followed by another. Your part is 30 minutes to 3 hours in all, and we schedule it around your year-end appeals. Your team stays on the appeal, and nothing changes in how you process gifts during the rush unless you want it to. The ASIE handles the follow-up that usually waits.

Is this an AI pitch?

No. The diagnosis is my judgment, from 25 years of finding money for organizations like St. Jude. AI is the tool that does the work once we know where giving is slipping. If the best move doesn't need AI, I'll tell you. If it's a phone call from you, I'll tell you that too.

Why a flat fee, and not a free consultation or a percentage of what's raised?

A call with me is free, and it's a good way to see if we're a fit. A call can't find the money, though. The real work is interviews, your numbers, and ASIEs built and working. And I don't take a cut of your partners' gifts. The fee is flat, with no commission on anything raised, now or after delivery.

What's an ASIE?

An Autonomous Super Intelligent Employee. It's an AI employee that does one job well, 24/7, alongside the people who care for your partners. Think of a monthly-giving rep who calls about every declined gift, or a thank-you writer who thanks every first-time giver.

How long does it take?

About two weeks for your Funding Engine to be up and running, with your Roadmap and your first ASIE. If something's bigger than two weeks allows, we trim the scope and keep the date.

How much of my time does it take?

For you, between 30 minutes and 3 hours in all. That's an interview, usually 30 to 45 minutes, and a walkthrough of your Roadmap when it's ready. For your team, short conversations, only where they help. Nobody has to build or maintain anything.

What if you don't find anything?

Then you get your money back. You approve the 10x at your Roadmap readout, before anything is built. If we can't show at least 10x your fee, we refund your deposit and the Roadmap is yours.

How do you count the 10x?

Every dollar we count names the process it comes from and ties to a number from your own books. Nothing gets counted twice. A monthly gift counts only for as long as your average monthly donor really keeps giving. If they give for three months, a restarted gift counts as three months. If they give for twelve, it counts as twelve. If a fix should keep donors giving longer, I count that only when your own records can prove it. You see every line, and you and I sign off on the total together.

What does hosting cost?

About $100 to $500 a month in total, not per ASIE, starting after delivery. Simpler builds cost less, complex ones a little more. That keeps your ASIEs running.

Where does our donor data go?

Read-only access where possible. We sign a non-disclosure agreement, so everything you share stays confidential. Your data stays yours, and nothing is shared or mixed with anyone else's. I keep none of it unless your hosting needs it or we agree to it. If we stop working together, you get all of it back, and I verify every copy is deleted.

How many ASIEs do I need?

Start with how many jobs are letting gifts slip through the gaps. One clear job, one ASIE. Two or more, the bigger options. More than three, or several field offices or ministries under one board, we'll scope it with you on a call. Not sure? Call my AI front desk or talk it through with Joshua AI, and we'll size it together.

What happens after?

That's up to you. Some leaders run with the Roadmap themselves. If you want more ASIEs built, your fee carries forward. Start within 60 days of your Roadmap and every dollar you paid counts toward them. Either way, your ASIEs come with your own admin screen, so you can adjust them as you go and upload new files to keep training them.

Why only 10?

Because I keep it small so each one gets my full attention before December 31.

The AI employees I can build for your ministry

I call them ASIEs, short for Autonomous Super Intelligent Employees.

Each takes a single job and runs it start to finish, so the people your partners know have more time for them.

Think of these as ideas. Your Funding Roadmap picks which to build, from where giving is slipping in your own records.

The job nobody wants.

Declined cards, open pledges and returned mail are the work nobody wants, so they wait for a quiet afternoon that never comes.

Operations

Care for the partners and gifts you already have.

  • A monthly-giving rep who calls about every declined gift and expiring card, so no partner's giving stops by accident
  • A pledge tracker who sends a kind reminder for every pledge made on the air or at a banquet
  • A gift tracer who traces every stock gift and donor-advised fund grant to its partner, and makes sure they're thanked

Fundraising

Partners and gifts you haven't reached yet.

  • A win-back rep who calls partners who stopped giving, invites them back, and brings any hard news straight to your team
  • A renewal rep who writes to every partner who gave last year but not yet this year, well before year-end
  • A sponsor keeper who follows up with every sponsor whose sponsored child leaves the program, and invites them to sponsor again

The job you could never justify a salary for.

It would pay for itself. But a full-time salary just for this? You'd never ask your board for it, so it never gets done.

Operations

Care for the partners and gifts you already have.

  • A thank-you writer who thanks every first-time giver the day their gift arrives, in your ministry's own voice
  • A prayer request router who gets every prayer request from your website and email to your prayer team the same day
  • A giving analyst who knows which appeals, broadcasts and events bring in partners who keep giving for years

Fundraising

Partners and gifts you haven't reached yet.

  • A welcome writer who sends every new partner stories from the work, so their first gift isn't their last
  • A monthly partner recruiter who invites every faithful partner to become a monthly partner, soon after their latest gift is thanked
  • A legacy giving assistant who helps your team invite every long-time partner to remember the ministry in their will

The job no human could ever do.

No person, however faithful, can keep every partner, every gift and every note in mind, every day of the year.

Operations

Care for the partners and gifts you already have.

  • A gift auditor who checks every gift's receipt, designation and thank-you against the bank deposit... not a sample
  • A designated gift watcher who checks every designated gift lands in the right project or missionary fund, so every designation is honored
  • A missed-gift watcher who knows every partner's giving rhythm and tells your team the week a faithful partner's gift doesn't come

Fundraising

Partners and gifts you haven't reached yet.

  • A stewardship report writer who sends every partner a report from the project or relief response they gave to
  • A support watcher who watches every missionary's support and tells each missionary which partners to thank or call this week
  • A memory keeper who recalls every gift, note and conversation with any partner, from every year, before you call or visit

Which ones sound like your ministry? Your Funding Roadmap tells us which to build first.

Or bring the list to a 30-minute Sit-Down. I'll tell you which hire I'd build first, and what it would be worth to your mission.

Book a Sit-Down

If you think some gifts are still waiting on a follow-up, let's go find them.

Pick your Funding Engine and start with a 50% deposit. You approve the 10x at your Roadmap readout, before we build anything.

Want to talk first? Call (832) 430-6855. My AI front desk books you a call with me.

Terms. Start with a 50% deposit, refunded if we miss 10x. The other half is due on delivery. Pay by card here, or email hello@strahes.com to pay by ACH or invoice.

Download this page as a one-page PDF

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